Vishal Sikka's Vianai raises $140 mn from SoftBank Vision Fund, others

The two year-old startup will use the funding to accelerate the delivery of its human-centered AI platform and products to enterprises worldwide.

Vishal Sikka founded Vianai Systems, a human-centered AI platform and products company, has raised $140 million in a Series B financing from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and others. The company had raised $50 million earlier in a seed round.

Other investors in the company include Jim Davidson (co-Founder of Silver Lake), Henry Kravis and George Roberts (co-founders of KKR), and Jerry Yang (founding partner of AME and co-founder of Yahoo! Inc.). Joining Vianai’s previously announced advisory board is Fei-Fei Li, co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI.

The  two year-old startup will use the funding to accelerate the delivery of its